tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post6679381862770547281..comments2022-10-29T04:57:13.779-07:00Comments on The Institute of Relational Theology: Barth For BeginnersThe Sola Scriptura Theologianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-53502017577372648912008-02-05T13:28:00.000-08:002008-02-05T13:28:00.000-08:00I suggest that you read my blog on "Honest" hermen...I suggest that you read my blog on "Honest" hermeneutics entitled "Axiomatic Foundations...." You will [hopefully, pleasantly] see that I am completely strict with my Biblical hermeneutics. By strict, I meant, STRICT in caps. That means, I do not even attempt to interpret what Scripture DOES NOT say or imply. I only concern myself with what is revealed in Scripture and DO NOT make excuses for God like most classicists do. If God says something like HE RELENTS, I interpret that as God being perfect and all-wise and is the BEST COMMUNICATOR and who can select THE BEST LANGUAGE with the CORRECT CONTEXT and TIIMNG in HISTORY, that HE MEANS EGG-ZACTLY WHAT HE SAID, that HE ACTUALLY RELENTED. No garbage anthropomorphic interpretations which basically imply that GOD DID NOT pick the RIGHT language and timing to communicate His truths. That is what I call GENUINELY SOLA SCRIPTURA! If that isn't, WHAT IS?????The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-45141132472179940502008-02-05T13:12:00.000-08:002008-02-05T13:12:00.000-08:00I think that I agree with you, I am not entirely s...I think that I agree with you, I am not entirely sure. You call yourself sola scriptura, and certainly scripture is central in our understanding of YHWH. <BR/><BR/>Being Trinitarian I understand that YHWH reveals the Divineself through the Son-Word, that is primarily Scripture; the Holy Spirit, that is Love; and the Father, Creator, that is created Reality.<BR/><BR/>The Father and Spirit unable us to understand the Son. This is important because many think that they are "sola scriptura," but they are not because because they don't understand scripture from an objective view, but from a Western cultural point of view.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-82925309007689117672008-01-31T17:37:00.000-08:002008-01-31T17:37:00.000-08:00Thank you Relates. I agree with you knowing that B...Thank you Relates. I agree with you knowing that Barth was still expositing from a Reformed view. It is amazing that after Barth declares that one can know God ONLY through God's own revelation through Scripture, he gets different conclusions than we get. <BR/><BR/>That is why I did mention at the start that, Barth, with all his intelligence and attempts to think "outside the box" is still shackled by classical thought. <BR/><BR/>However, I was impressed mainly by the wording and phrasing purportedly of Barth's views by this review by Hendry. It does spell relational mostly.<BR/><BR/>Also, I think we need to differentiate between the "earlier Barth" and the "later Barth" as some authors believe that his theology between both eras were not exactly the same, but I honestly have to admit that I have never touched his Church Dogmatics apart from summaries by different writers.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, his qualification of the scope of revelation is the foundation not only of Relational Theology but any credible Judeo-Christian Theology for that matter. True Theology has to be based ENTIRELY on God's opinion and NOT ours!The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-56735120460071631132008-01-31T08:33:00.000-08:002008-01-31T08:33:00.000-08:00All theologians and theologies have their strong p...All theologians and theologies have their strong points and I am sure that Karl Barth had many of them, but in no way can he be called a relational theologian or a proto-relational theologian. <BR/><BR/>He maintained that God (the Father) is Absolute and that God relates to humanity only through the Word,the Second Person of the Trinity. This makes the Father non-relational and Barth's theology non-relational. It also non-scriptural and destroys the integrity of the Trinity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com